[Mediawiki-l] Timeout after one hour when editing an article with non-permanent login [8411]

[bl at vitronic.com]

Hi Adam,

> definitely possible.  In my php.ini there's an option called
> "session.cookie_lifetime" which apparently means "until the browser is
> restarted."  Maybe that's it?  (Assuming cookies are working for your
Well, the default value is "0" which means exactly what you have written. But
the browser window isn't closed, so the session can't expire! So IMHO this can't
be the parameter which is responsible for the problem.

> Either way if you've been away for a while just open another link (like
> the main page) in a new window/tab - log in there if required, and then
> go back and save your changes in the original window/tab.
Yes, I can also copy my changes to clipboard before saving, but I am not asking
because I have got this problem, but my users. And they won't understand, why
they should do such trouble to just save a stupid article. And if they would
understand, they would forget it in the moment they want to save and their work
would be trashed.

Kind regards,

Frank


Adam Nielsen schrieb:
>> but in my php.ini there are only timeouts set in seconds and noting
>> above 90 seconds. Also in the apache-confs there is nothing to find
>> about this.
> 
> I've gone overnight with editing and haven't been logged out, so it's
> definitely possible.  In my php.ini there's an option called
> "session.cookie_lifetime" which apparently means "until the browser is
> restarted."  Maybe that's it?  (Assuming cookies are working for your
> sessions and it's not falling back to another method that times out
> sooner.)
> 
> Either way if you've been away for a while just open another link (like
> the main page) in a new window/tab - log in there if required, and then
> go back and save your changes in the original window/tab.
> 
> Cheers,
> Adam.
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